longevity road trip

Zhenjun Mingyu picked up the branch of peach blossoms on the table, and when the mountain wind blew, the peach blossoms on the branches fluttered down and floated on the slowly flowing blood beach on the ground.The aura in the blood nourished the petals to make them more delicate and bright red!

He sat quietly for a while, then put on the bronze mask again, and of course took away Chen Daoyou's body.

A relatively complete Nascent Soul cultivator's body is naturally considered a treasure, so how can Zhenjun Mingyu let it go?

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In Nanming City, Zhang Shiping looked at a piece of rice paper filled with more than a hundred tadpole characters, frowning, and remained silent. In front of his desk, there was a piece of animal skin three to four inches long and wide. But there are four places that are vacant.

The animal skins he got from that child, Ming Xinzong Zhang Jingyuan and others cost 45 yuan a piece.At first, he directly wrote out the excerpts of the tadpoles above. There are 63 characters in total, and he memorized them one by one according to the animal skin.These words are somewhat similar to the runes he wrote down from the bronze chain.

These seemed to be a formula, Zhang Shiping tried to add a few more words in an extremely obscure language, and then read it again, but soon, the voice in the quiet room stopped.

Zhang Shiping had tried it more than twenty times, but he still felt a little awkward. He rubbed his temples, and looked at the small flying bird statue on the bronze lamp at hand.

More than a hundred years ago, in the vision of the green dragon swallowing the sun, the chains aroused from this bronze lamp bound the phantom of Bi Fang in the stone plate for the sacrifice of nine birds.At that time, Zhang Shiping memorized the runes on the bronze chain, and obtained the "Ju Ling Hua Yuan", a wonderful skill that can capture blood and supernatural powers, and used it to practice black flames.

But after that, the bronze lamp remained unchanged.From then to now, Zhang Shiping has collected more than ten stone plates for offering sacrifices to nine birds, but his bronze lamp still has no response.Zhang Shiping didn't know if it was because of the stone plate or because of the celestial phenomena.

"It seems that we still need to go to the cave for a while, and at least find one or two more animal skins, otherwise it will be difficult to complete this formula." Zhang Shiping muttered to himself.

"Why is Zhenjun Fengxuan here?" Suddenly Zhang Shiping stood up, stretched out his hand, and a red light flew into his hand.

Chapter 526

"Why is Zhenjun Fengxuan here?" Suddenly Zhang Shiping stood up, stretched out his hand, and a red light flew into his hand.

Zhang Shiping looked at the sound transmission jade slip in his hand, with a look of hesitation on his face, he was really puzzled that this Fengxuan Zhenjun would come to the door in person.This is nothing but the Three Treasures Hall, his place is just a shabby room, and he is only a Golden Core cultivator, how can it be worth a Zhenzhen Lord to visit in person?

Besides, he had just left the Red Moon Tower, less than an hour later, could it be that within this short period of time, Zhenjun Fengxuan had already found out the matter?

Although Zhang Shiping's mind kept popping up various thoughts, speculating on the intention of this Fengxuan Zhenjun, but the movements in his hands were non-stop, and there was no delay at all.After all, a Nascent Soul cultivator was waiting in front of the door, so he didn't dare to make such a fuss.

But no matter what purpose this Fengxuan Zhenjun has, Zhang Shiping intends to welcome this person in first, anyway, soldiers will block him, and water will cover him.After all, this Fengxuan Zhenjun has been in the Red Moon Tower for many years, and he has seen a lot of people and things. Unlike those Yuanying Zhenjun who have been practicing hard all the year round, he has a eccentric temperament and is difficult to communicate with.

With a slight wave of his sleeves, a hazy blue light was emitted, and the animal skins spread on the ground in the quiet room, as well as the bronze lamp on the table and the rice paper full of tadpole characters were completely put away.Zhang Shiping strode out of the quiet room, but within a few breaths, he had already floated in front of the gate of the mansion.

"Crack, creak..."

When Zhang Shiping just came out of the quiet room, he swiped with his spiritual sense and opened the two vermilion doors separated by two hundred zhang.When Zhang Shiping walked out of the gate quickly, his spiritual sense moved, he did not open the Zhang Xu long and wide gate in the formation as usual, but directly removed the formation around the mansion courtyard completely.He slowly walked down the stone steps in front of the mansion gate, cupped his hands after a few feet away, and said loudly:

"This junior pays homage to Zhenjun Fengxuan. I am disappointed and welcome, and I hope to forgive my sins. Please come in! Why did you come in person, senior? If you have anything to ask, just send someone over and call!"

"This old man wants to visit Fellow Daoist Qingyu, and happened to pass by you, so he wanted to come in and have a seat. Why, Shiping will welcome you, haha!" Zhenjun Fengxuan said with a smile on his face.

"How could it be possible, senior patronage, flourishing, please come with me!" Zhang Shiping also echoed.He walked ahead and led Zhenjun Fengxuan to the middle hall of the mansion, asking him to sit in the upper left seat in the hall, while he himself sat down in the right seat.

As soon as the two sat down, two puppets dressed up as child servants and maidservants came with tea.But after all, this is a puppet in the Qi refining period, and its work is not very fine.

"There is no one else in this mansion except me, so I'm neglecting senior." Zhang Shiping said politely, still with a three-point smile.

Usually Zhang Shiping's guests are mostly fellow Taoists of the same level, so it doesn't matter.But if they were replaced by Nascent Soul cultivators, then these two puppets would not be able to make it to the stage.When Zhang Shiping bought this batch of puppets, he didn't think about how they looked. He just thought that these puppets were durable and cheap. They were best used to take care of the mansion and raise spirit insects.

But if you use this to entertain guests, it's a bit unreasonable.This is also why many Jindan monks and aristocratic families always like to keep some child prostitutes and beautiful maidservants, and some dancers and musicians to entertain distinguished guests, so that the host's face will also be honored.

In fact, the most important thing is that Zhang Shiping considers that he spends most of his time in Xiaofeng City, and he doesn't live here much in Nanming City. Naturally, he doesn't need to call the Zongmen's handyman disciples or family servants to come here to clean up every day. .

"It's no wonder that you are so young, Shi Ping, you are already in the middle stage of the Golden Core. But we monks can't blindly practice hard, we have to relax." Zhenjun Fengxuan was not dissatisfied at all, he praised instead Zhang Shiping said.

"What the senior said is that the junior has been educated. It's just that I don't know why the senior is here today for the sake of the clan?" Zhang Shiping nodded, and then he asked again tentatively.

"Yes and no." Zhenjun Fengxuan shook his head, and said in a somewhat mysterious manner.

He picked up the tea on the table, took off the tea cover, took a sip and said, "It's mellow and sweet, where is the good tea?"

"Thank you senior for your compliment. This is the tea tree planted by my junior, and it's on the Chongling Peak." Zhang Shiping showed a trace of satisfaction on his face.Although these tea leaves are only second-tier spiritual teas, they are not considered precious, but the taste is not comparable to third-tier spiritual teas.More importantly, these tea leaves are from the younger generation in the clan, who honored him when he was two hundred years old.

Zhang Shiping didn't care about birthday celebrations, but the younger generation in the clan remembered it tightly, with this intention, the tea tasted even more special.

But what these juniors don't know is that apart from drinking tea, Zhang Shiping also likes brewing, and the craftsmanship of this brewing is not bad.At the very least, what he brews is different from the Poguang wine that Qi Feng brews.

Zhang Shiping fell in love with wine making, but he only started after Su Shuang left.Every few years, he would go to Shishan Island with his homemade fine wine, sit with Su Shuang for a while, drink a few glasses, and talk about some things that he didn't usually say to others.

"I didn't expect such good tea to be available in Chongling Peak. You are really blessed, and it's no wonder you got to know Senior Xiao." Zhenjun Fengxuan put down his teacup and said with a chuckle.

"This junior is lucky for three lives. I met Venerable Xiao by chance a few months ago when I was in Cangguyang, and I was lucky to give some pointers. Senior knows where the Venerable is now. Is it time for the junior to thank you?" Arriving here, Only then did Zhang Shiping suddenly realize.

"Without the consent of the venerable, it is not good for me to tell you where the venerable is. However, the venerable asked me to tell you that you should not get involved in the affairs of this clan, so that you can practice well and strive to have a baby as soon as possible." " Zhenjun Fengxuan looked at Zhang Shiping, shook his head and said.

"Thank you for your concern." Zhang Shiping said respectfully.

"Okay, the old man has brought these words, and he should go, otherwise it would be bad to keep Fellow Daoist Qingyu waiting. If you don't want to return to Xiaofeng Island, Shiping, remember to come and sit with me more." After Feng Xuan finished speaking, he immediately stood up.

Zhang Shiping responded with a smile, and respectfully sent Zhenjun Fengxuan to the door, watching him get into a Jinhua beast cart.

Zhang Shiping turned around and went back until the beast car was gone, and sighed in his heart: "On myself, the two-month ban that I could only obediently abide by was lifted with a word from Senior Xiao! "

The reason why Zhenjun Fengxuan let Zhang Shiping stay in Nanming City for two months was because he was worried about Zhang Shiping's identity and whether he had colluded with the survivors!However, considering Xuanyuanzong, Zhang Shiping cannot be called to search for no reason.Only then did a two-month ban be issued.

On the way to the quiet room, Zhang Shiping refocused on the animal skins just now. He thought about it, and wanted to see if he had missed something, and if he could find something out of it.Otherwise, when the time comes, he will have to go to the cave, not to mention running back and forth, he may not be able to find it.

If there is still nothing missing after waiting, then Zhang Shiping plans to go to Haitong Trading Company to find the child first, and Zhang Jingyuan and others from Mingxinzong to see if there is anything related to animal skin on these people. .

Chapter 527 Invitation

Now in the entire Nanming City, just in the large compound where Zhang Shiping is located, there are now more than a dozen or twenty Golden Core monks, and there are quite a few clan members and disciples who work under their sect as eyes and ears.

Zhenjun Fengxuan never deliberately covered up his tracks all the way, so after he came out of Zhang Shiping's mansion, the news had spread to the ears of some caring people in less than half a cup of tea.

True Monarch Fengxuan who just left from Zhang Shiping, did the same as what he said before, he stopped by the Qinglu courtyard of Patriarch Qingyu.But after only a cup of tea, Zhenjun Fengxuan turned into a stream of light against the wind and returned to the Red Moon Tower.

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a few days later.

The city was full of traffic, and there were two inconspicuous animal carts moving slowly one after the other.In one of them sat two men in Confucian shirts, both in their twenties and thirties.

"Senior brother Zhang, I'm really suffocated these days. I can't step or step, I can only stay in the yard." Yu Zitong complained to another man beside him.

After the four of Zhang Jingyuan returned to Nanming City, they immediately reported the matter of Chen Bin to Elder Jin Dan who was still in the city.Hearing this, the Jindan elders of Mingxin Sect naturally lost their temper, and made the four of them keep their mouths shut. It was a matter of the sect's face, so don't say anything more about such scandals.

After the admonition, the Jindan cultivator of Ming Xinzong asked the four of them to go back to rest first.As soon as the four of them left, the Jindan of Mingxinzong immediately told the ancestors in a cave in a Lingshan cave outside the city with the magic weapon of mystic sense.

They thought that this was the end of the matter, and they had seen a lot of foundation-building cultivators practicing evil skills in order to form alchemy.The worst thing is that this evil cultivator came from their Ming Xinzong, and it was discovered by others, which is the most deadly.On the surface, the world seems to be sanctimonious, but secretly there are many male robbers and female prostitutes. Before this face is ripped off, who would know?

However, just one day later, the Jindan cultivators of Ming Xinzong received a decree from the Yuanying Patriarch, forbidding all disciples in the city to go out for half a step, including their several Jindan cultivators.

After such a thrilling incident of almost dying, Yu Zitong went to a small Qingyin class in the city that night, drinking and listening to the beautiful woman in his arms, to relieve the depression in his heart.It was after noon the next day when I returned to the Zongmen's residence, I didn't want to be bumped into by Elder Wan of the Zongmen, and she scolded me in a cold voice for a long time, and then I was grounded.

Until today, Zhang Shiping sent someone to invite Zhang Jingyuan and the others to come over, and Yu Zitong was released.

Hearing Yu Zitong's complaint, Zhang Jingyuan shook his head with a smile and said, "Junior Brother Yu, this is nothing more than a few days of confinement. It doesn't matter. Meditate and practice Qi, not to mention three or four days, even three or five years. It’s gone in the blink of an eye.”

"Don't, I can't waste three or five years. Brother, how about me, brother, don't you know? I just have to concentrate on meditating and practicing Qi, and that's useless. That's what aptitude is. Instead of relying on This painstaking effort of absorbing the spiritual energy, the mana will increase a little in ten days and a half months, which is really very slow, it is better to go out to hunt sea beasts and find spiritual objects in exchange for a magic pill to increase mana. Wouldn't it be better to go down for a month of penance? And this time the Sea Clan will fight for a long time, killing some sea beasts is also for the consideration of Nanzhou, wouldn't it be better!" Yu Zitong said with a wry smile.

"Too many killings, lingering evil spirits, polluting sanity, and swallowing pills with medicine, unless you take top-grade or even top-grade panacea, there will be more or less poisonous residues, which is not good for future practice. After all, what you wait for is not as pure as the mana obtained from refining spiritual energy." Zhang Jingyuan sighed.

"Which monk doesn't know this truth? But it's one thing to know it, and another thing to be able to do it. I'm afraid that all the truths in this world have been clarified by the predecessors, but how can you see how many people really understand it? Have you realized it? Senior brother is a sign! If I have not been promoted to the late stage in another 20 years, and I have no fate for the golden elixir, then I will not struggle as a junior. I have to obey the fate of the day if I do my best. If I have no fate, I will not force it By then, Qingshan Bailu, enjoy yourself in time, and spend the rest of your life in a chic way." Yu Zitong said in a nonchalant tone.

"Senior brother is kind-hearted, and senior brother sighs. At that time, junior brother will have to raise an extra white deer, don't let senior brother use it, haha." Zhang Jingyuan cupped his hands and said.

"That's natural. But right now, you and I, brothers and sisters, should cultivate well first. Human affairs are not finished yet, so it's not good to say such depressing words. In case one day, both of you and my brothers and sisters form alchemy, let's say No!" Yu Zitong said with a smile.

At this moment, this person is not as restrained as he was in front of Zhang Shiping before, and his expression is unrestrained. If he is placed in the world, he must be a romantic person!

While the two were chatting and laughing, two beast carts stopped in front of a stone workshop, and four people got out of the cart.

Standing in two rows in front of the square were eight disciples of the Xuanyuan Sect in Tsing Yi. Behind the eight of them, but only a few feet away, there was a layer of faint aura, and outsiders could only see the vague mansion inside. Falling everywhere.

Zhang Jingyuan took out a token from the storage bag, and handed it to a disciple in Tsing Yi of the Xuanyuan Sect who was guarding the front.

"It's so strange that they are looking for Elder Zhang. Zhibin, they are looking for your ancestors, and they will be handed over to you." The disciple in Tsing Yi turned his head to look at another person in his thirties and forties, and said casually. One sound, and then he took out a jade slip, said to it a few times, and finally said "go", the sound transmission jade slip turned into red light, and fell into the formation of Zhang Shiping's courtyard in the blink of an eye.

"You all come with me." Zhang Zhibin held the token, took a look at the magic circle, opened a door about Zhang Jingyuan, and led Zhang Jingyuan and the others into it.

After a cup of tea, Zhang Jingyuan and the others arrived in front of Zhang Shiping's courtyard.

But Zhang Shiping didn't come out to greet him, but just sent two puppet monks out to wait.As for Zhang Shibin who received the reward, he happily returned to the stone workshop.

"Look at you, you got something good, hurry up and talk about it." Seeing Zhang Zhibin's appearance, the other seven disciples in Tsing Yi approached him one after another and asked curiously.

"Look, what is this, the middle-grade yellow bud panacea." Zhang Zhibin took out a white jade bottle from his bosom, shook it, and there was a muffled sound from the bottle, obviously there was a lot of stuff in it.He carefully poured out a yellow elixir, and the fragrance immediately caught his nose.Then Zhang Zhibin took a deep breath by himself first, and then turned around in front of everyone's eyes with air. Seeing everyone's eyes widening and swallowing, he just put it away in satisfaction.

"It's so unfair. I lead the way once, and when I'm lucky, I get nothing more than a bottle of low-grade Huangya Pill." One of the Tsing Yi disciples muttered.

"Zhibin, how about selling me two?"

"Is there anything good in your arms, take it out and have a look."

Disciple in Tsing Yi said one sentence to another, with envy in his eyes.

"Why are they all gathered together, stand apart, what does it look like?" Suddenly there was a scolding, and an old man with a pipe in his mouth came over.

As soon as they heard the voice, the disciples in Tsing Yi left and ran back to stand upright.

"What's not fair, if you have a Jindan Patriarch, you will naturally have such a good thing." The old man walked over slowly, took a pipe and tapped twice on the head of the Tsing Yi disciple just now. Down.

"After you get back from duty, don't come here. Don't hang around outside, so that you can refine the elixirs that Elder Zhang bestowed on you first, and don't disappoint Elder Zhang's painstaking efforts." Then if the old man has deep meaning He took a quick look at Zhang Zhibin, this guy just loves to show off, doesn't he know the reason for not revealing his wealth?

Chapter 528

Two puppets who looked like boys and maids led Zhang Jingyuan and the others around the screen wall, walked through the corridor, and when they turned to the middle hall, Zhang Shiping, who was dressed in plain clothes, also happened to come over.

"Greetings, senior." Zhang Jingyuan and the others said, clasping their hands together.

"You guys are here, come in quickly. It's hard work to call you here from such a distance." Zhang Shiping said with a light smile, then stepped across the threshold, sat down on the upper right seat in the hall, and waved for the four of them to sit down.

The four of them bowed slightly to Zhang Shiping, and then separated into two rows on the left and right, and sat down according to the order of their sects, which was still a bit of a rule.

"I'm waiting for the junior to be invited by the senior. It's my luck. It's too late to be happy. It's hard work! It's just that the junior doesn't know how many people from the junior are called here, and why?" Zhang Jingyuan, who was sitting next to Zhang Shiping, and the three younger brothers and sisters After looking at each other, he opened his mouth first and said softly.

"Don't worry, you guys have a sip of tea first to quench your thirst. I just want to ask you about some small things." Zhang Shiping said in a calm tone. He took a sip of tea and moistened his throat.

Seeing that the host had said this, Zhang Jingyuan and the others also picked up the teacups, opened the lid with a bang, and a refreshing tea fragrance immediately filled the room.Zhang Jingyuan sniffed lightly, closed her eyes, and showed a look of extreme enjoyment.

"It's the first time for this junior to drink such good tea, which makes senior laugh." After counting breaths, he drank it in one gulp, and said with some embarrassment.Originally, according to etiquette, he should sip lightly.

"Tea is for drinking, there is nothing to be ashamed of. This is the Qingshan Xuelong from the Chengfeng Mountain Wei family in the Baimang Mountains. You can still drink it. If you like it, I have some here. I will bring some back later. Zhang Shiping said softly, and the maidservant-like puppet waiting behind the screen came out with a blue and white teapot and filled it for the four of them.

After Zhang Jingyuan heard this, just as he was about to decline, Zhang Shiping spoke again and asked directly: "I called you here this time to ask you about this Ten Thousand Caves. Where did you get those animal skins?"

This Wanku Cave is the ancient monk's cave where Zhang Jingyuan and the others got the animal skin. At that time, the four of them gave Zhang Shiping a map jade slip, but the jade slip was not detailed. He went to Xuanyuan Pagoda a few days ago and bought A detailed map of the sea area where Wanku Dongfu is located.

Zhang Shiping didn't directly buy the Ten Thousand Grottoes Cave Mansion, because his purpose would be too obvious. He would rather spend an extra sum of Lingshi, just to prevent his itinerary from being too conspicuous.

With this more detailed map, Zhang Shiping naturally knows more about this cave.That ancient cultivator was very accomplished in array formations. Just relying on the passages dug in the cave, he formed a natural illusion array, making it like a maze.Coupled with the blessing of the formation, when the ancient monk's cave was first revealed, even the soul of the Nascent Soul monk could not penetrate it. They need to be vigilant when entering it, otherwise they will lose their direction if they are not careful.

At that time, the power of the formation in the cave was not diminished, and the Nascent Soul cultivator had scruples, so he could only wander around the cave honestly, and it took several years to explore and find out.However, so many years have passed since this place appeared in this world, and I don’t know how many monks have patronized and searched it back and forth. The formation has been destroyed by monks from the outermost periphery to the core. When I compared it at the beginning, it was completely different, with no power at all.

The more exquisite things in the world, the more easily damaged.Maybe there used to be a cave with ancient cultivators and great abilities, but now, it is just an ordinary cave with more forks, which can fascinate the eyes of ordinary people and cannot hide the soul of monks.

Because until now, there were almost no monks there, Zhang Shiping was a little puzzled why the four of them would go there, and they could even get the same animal skin as the boy from Tonghai Trading Company, so he called these people over.

Zhang Shiping is confident that if there is anything strange about what they said, with his current eyesight, he can see it at a glance.

It is right to decide after thinking about things and act after planning.

"This junior didn't think carefully and didn't explain the matter clearly. In fact, the juniors didn't find these animal skins from the cave by themselves, but when the few of us passed by here, we encountered a group of monks sneaking up on us. However, although the number of people in that group was twice as large as mine, they were all casual cultivators, with weak mana and unfavorable talisman weapons, so they were no match for us. After another fight, two people in this group saw their strength It’s not good, the rest of the accomplices fled first, and the other six people were killed by us. These animal skins were collected from them. As for other things, please wait a moment, seniors, and I will wait for the brothers and sisters to find them. But before that, some magic tools and talismans have been sold into spirit stones by a few of us, maybe something is missing!" Zhang Jingyuan thought for a while, and after careful consideration, he said slowly.

Living in the vast ocean, monks depended on their own methods for life and death, and had no complaints or regrets. Therefore, when Zhang Jingyuan talked about this matter, he was justified, and Zhang Shiping didn't feel that there was anything inappropriate.

"That's it, then please show me the things." Zhang Shiping nodded after hearing this.

At the same time, he thought about it in his mind, what Zhang Jingyuan said, and what the shopkeeper of Tonghai Commercial Bank told him at that time, the two can match.The father of the child next to the shopkeeper was indeed a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but he returned from a serious injury when he went out a few years ago, and soon after, he became incapacitated, leaving behind the orphan and the widow.

It seems that this is just a coincidence, after Zhang Shiping thought about it, he lowered his guard for a few points.As for the grievances between Zhang Jingyuan and the child, Zhang Shiping didn't say much and thought about it, and let the matter wind up, which was good for both parties.

The four of Zhang Jingyuan searched in their storage bags. After all, it was a few years ago. At that time, the things they got from that group were sold for what they used, so the four searched for them. After digging out, each person took out three or five things and floated in front of them.

Those are things that cannot be sold, but they think they are valuable, so they keep them.

There were sixteen items in front of the four of them, eight of which were ordinary second-order artifacts such as knives, guns, and ropes. There was nothing strange about them. As soon as he moved, the remaining eight items floated in front of him.

Chapter 529 Returning to Xiaofeng Island

Among the eight items were four brocade boxes of different materials, two gray-black inch-long fangs, and two blue-red stone discs slightly smaller than the millstones.